Round 83 had as its theme 'children'

83.1 (Jeremy D Selengut)

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>My son is 2 years old. He loves a song by a performer named "Raffi"
>called "apples and bananas" in which the vowel sounds of those words
>are switched out to make funny sounding words like "eeples and beeneenees."
>When the vowel "o" comes around in the song, however, two real words 
>pop out.
>
>As the judge has suggested, all rules in this round shall concern themselves
>in some way with children and, in addition, shall incorporate the concept
>of transformation (transmogrification? morphing? alchemy?) although not
>necessarily of words.
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>
>A bonono is a type of highly intelligent primate.

VALID, +1.5

"oples" and "bononos" are certainly "real"; there they are, right in front
of your eyes.  "real" != "meaningful in 'standard' English".

83.2 (Laurent Bossavit)

> The boy is now 6. He's particularly fond of a book by the well-known 
>illustrator Maurice Sendak, in which the bedroom of Max, a child of about the 
>same age, mutates into an exotic island peopled by fearsome monsters as Max's 
>reverie carries him away from the mundane world of parents waiting for him at 
>the dinner table.
>
> Following the previous Rule author's lead, every rule in this round (except the
>first, or 'ancestor') shall in some way be the 'child' of the previous rule,
>and in addition, shall incorporate some real elements from the author's own
>childhood.

VALID, +2.0

Laurent is Wizard for Round 84, however Judge depends on whether the
following temporary Rules Override passed - I never heard the results.  If
it passed, Jeremy is Judge; if not, Laurent is Judge.

Jeremy D Selengut wrote:
>frc'ers
>
>I propose that the same Override that was in effect last round
>be in effect thisa round as well.  (Text of that override to follow).
>Should it pass, it should be applied retroactively to the entirety 
>of round 83.
>
>I vote FOR the proposal.
>
>#######
>
>R.O. Overrule Proposal:
>
>For the duration of Round 83, R.O. #4, which previously read:
>
>4. Eligibility to play. Each valid fantasy rule makes its author eligible
>   to play. This eligibility period lasts for seven (7) days from the time
>   of the rule's posting minus one (1) day for each invalid fantasy rule
>   posted by the same person after the valid fantasy rule.
>
>Shall include the following text:
>
>"During the first week of play after the start of the round, authors of 
>valid fantasy rules will be awarded additional days of eligibility equal to 
>the number of full (24-hour) days remaining in the first week of play.  If,
>at the time of any rule's posting, the author of that rule has greater
>than seven days of eligibility remaining, should the rule be subsequently
>judged valid the player's eligibility will not be altered."